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Costs of coastal climate damage set to climb in Europe, scientists project

European cities can expect mounting coastal climate damage during this century, Spanish researchers say, with similar problems affecting the rest of the world as well.

Climate News Network March 13, 2017

Scientists project less mild weather ahead as the world heats up

The warming atmosphere will mean a rise in mild weather for parts of the U.S., scientists have concluded, but they project a gradual drop worldwide in the number of days with the most pleasant weather conditions.

Climate News Network February 9, 2017

China’s emission cuts threatened by its massive internal migration

China’s efforts to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions are being undermined by increased Western-style consumption habits among the urban rich, according to research on the nation’s mass movement of rural residents to cities.

Climate News Network December 29, 2016

Global ‘bright spots’ – practical, community projects – offer climate hope

Scientists’ ‘Good Anthropocene’ research identifies initiatives that improve poor people’s health and wellbeing by reversing practices that destroy the environment and fuel climate change.

Climate News Network October 19, 2016

Fossil-fuel investors seek disclosure about climate-change risks to shares

Some U.S. investors, already stung by their holdings’ tumbling value in the oil-price slump, say giant oil and gas corporations are failing to disclose vital information about future financial effects of climate change.

Climate News Network October 5, 2016

The world passes the 400 parts per million threshold for CO2. Indefinitely

Historians will likely regard September 2016 as a milestone for the world’s climate. At a time when atmospheric carbon dioxide is usually at its minimum, the monthly value failed to drop below the symbolic 400 ppm level.

Climate Central October 5, 2016

US faces rising hurricane bill, scientists say in financial weather forecast

German scientists conclude high-income countries may be no better protected than the poorest in extreme weather events and hurricane damage could increase dramatically in the United States.

Climate News Network August 30, 2016

Scientists working to tease out climate change’s role in Zika’s spread

The initial Brazilian outbreak appears to have been aided by a drought driven by El Niño, and by higher temperatures caused by longer-term weather cycles and by rising levels of greenhouse-gas pollution.

Climate Central August 9, 2016

As sea levels rise in a changing climate, how best to protect coasts?

Expert thinking on shorelines has undergone big changes on the issue of ‘hard’ vs. ‘soft’ approaches. Many now believe that softer shoreline defenses are better.

Yale Climate Connections July 14, 2016

CO2 pledges in Paris fall short on emission cuts needed, study concludes

New research shows that a ‘controlled implosion’ of the fossil-fuel industry and a technological explosion of renewable energy are needed to meet the targets set by 195 nations on restricting global warming.

Climate News Network July 5, 2016

Climate change threatens planet’s cultural, natural treasures, report says

Analysts looked at a handful of UNESCO’s 981 World Heritage Sites. In all cases, they found pressures from climate change could permanently alter some of Earth’s most spectacular places unless carbon emissions are cut.

Climate Central June 3, 2016

US insurance aid props up climate-risk homes, leading company charges

Lloyds, one of the world’s biggest insurance companies, is calling for an end to federal subsidies that it says encourage expensive house-building schemes in areas of the U.S. at high risk of floods and storms.

Climate News Network May 24, 2016

Texas forests face major changes, “cyberforests” climate model indicates

North America forest findings by Washington State scientists included projections that Gulf Coast woodlands may end up looking more like Cuba while parts of Texas might become home to the hot, dry forests now found in Mexico.

Climate News Network May 17, 2016

Shell outlines ‘below 2C’ scenario for ‘accelerated net-zero emissions’

The giant oil company for the first time has sketched out what it thinks it would take for the world to avoid 2 degrees Celsius of global warming. Shell previously studied such a scenario but refused to make it public.

Carbon Brief May 12, 2016

35 countries cutting the link between economic growth and emissions

Recent real-world data suggest it may be possible to cut greenhouse emissions while growing the economy. Whether this can be accomplished is a major question for policymakers hoping to combat climate change.

Carbon Brief April 8, 2016

Research offers new hope for Eastern seaboard coastlines even as seas rise

Scientists have encouraging news for planners along the East Coast about the worsening crisis of sea level rise: If managed well, most of the region’s shorelines could adapt naturally to drenching changes that lie ahead.

Climate Central April 1, 2016

What Scalia’s death means for global efforts to combat climate change

Just days after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling clouded the future of a new United Nations climate pact, the passing of one of its most influential justices has boosted the pact’s chances of succeeding.

Climate Central February 17, 2016

Will climate change play a future role in the spread of the Zika virus?

A number of factors have had to line up for the Zika virus, which causes a disease that’s been associated with birth defects, to spread so far and wide so quickly. Chief among them are heavy rain and heat.

Climate Central February 5, 2016

Researchers: New transmission grid for renewables key to cutting emissions

CO2 from electricity production could be cut by 78 percent over 15 years if the U.S. makes a Herculean effort to expand solar and wind technology like the one that built the Interstate Highway System, a new study concluded.

Climate Central January 26, 2016

Anthropocene: Humans leaving an indelible mark on new era, researchers say

Post-industrial impacts on Earth and its atmosphere – “a pervasive and persistent signature” – may pinpoint the mid-20th century as the start of a new geological epoch, a multinational group of scientists write.

Climate News Network January 21, 2016

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